[digger48]

And everybody was happy.

I don’t even recall any stories of the usual Black Friday brawls

[Sarah Barracuda]

But But, the Govt is 25 percent shut down, I figured everyone is hiding underneath their bed shaking

[Huskrrrr]

Alrighty, I guess this means another interest rate hike.

[Drew68]

I went to Best Buy yesterday for a couple of last minute items. It was packed and the shelves were bare.

I paid $1.89/gallon to drive there.

I just read the thread where Stephen King says Trump is leading the country to disaster and needs to be impeached.

I'm just not feeling it.

[nevergore]

We own a retail Chocolate Shop in Georgia..... strongest retail sales we have ever seen.... Christmas Eve sales were more than double of last year.... entire month showed a 72% increase from last year... some can be attributed to our hard work building a business.... but the economy was a strong contributor factor..... Merry Christmas!

[Will88]

while Mr. and Mrs. Main Street are happy with their jobs, enjoying their best wage increases in a decade,”

And for the Fed, that is a sign of coming inflation. The Fed does not like to say decent pay increases for the tens of millions of Americans who work for hourly pay.

[lee martell]

This helps to offset the screaming headlines on Drudge about the market bottoming out.

[VTenigma]

U.S. Holiday Retail Sales Are Strongest in Years, Early Data Show

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So we better tank the stock market. Orange man bad. This is why we can’t have nice things.

[Wuli]

More evidence of the disconnect between main street and Wall Street.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Despite the Fed

[Nifster]

And that says way more than where the market is. The American people just showed their optimism

[Clint N. Suhks]

This is excellent news!

We went last minute shopping at Tysons Corner on Sunday and the whole mall was unusually empty, even for a non holiday.

I guess conservatives get their shopping done early so we can spend more time with our families...

[willk]

How come this is not front page news or a siren on Drudge? Oh, I forgot, we can’t have good economic news while Trump is President.

[nevergore]

Thanks..... we use old world quality receipts with modern twists ..... only the finest ingredients..... we are true chocolatiers.... we blend the covature chocolate to our specs...

[dragnet2]

The leftist and the globalist big players don't like Americans with extra spending money. Millions of them might get the idea the economy under Trump is doing pretty well, like he said it would.

If that happened, they just might vote for Trump in 2020.

[upchuck]

The stock market is tanking! Recession is right around the corner! The government is shutdown! Doesn’t anyone care? /s

[Deplorable American1776]

Yes, we have to thank Obama for the great economy. 😋

[Jim Robinson]

And the stock market tanks.

[Sequoyah101]

Oh my, can’t have this consumer optimism. Better crank up the prime rate again.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Can’t be, even Drudge is saying that the economy is completely coming apart. OK, he’s not actually saying it but it’s the only story he’ll link these days. Makes me wonder who got to him, probably a DemonRat with juicy NSA info.